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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

This article was originally written by Drew Robb on July 7, 2017 , and updated by Chad Kime on April 7, 2023. Organizations with a varied array of technologies should make sure to include Forescout’s Platform in their short list of NAC technologies to consider.

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NYT Report: U.S. Cyber units planted destructive Malware in Russian Power Grid

Security Affairs

Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction — and the possibility that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials, as he did in 2017 when he mentioned a sensitive operation in Syria to the Russian foreign minister.” “In the past few months, Cyber Command’s resolve has been tested. .